Daily Digest 17 (Thurs 5/19)
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Just when we thought we'd figured out this Ultimate Blogger universe,
our ever capricious hosts totally changed the game! INCREDIBLE!
Today's video was another mind-blowing pre-breakfast treat. We have
watched it over and over. It is full of humor, drama, intrigue, and the
end of it leaves you deliciously hungry. Best video yet? Perhaps. These
awesome videos are probably why Mikey is down in LA schmoozing with the
fancies.
MIKEY GOES HOLLYWOOD
Mike seems to have transformed into Hollywood Mike -- just like the old
Mike, except way more Hollywood. (For instance, he now calls everyone
"babes.")
Apparently he's in LA talking to important Hollywood producers about
the next big step for our favorite RealityBlogging competition. We
have no idea what that step will be, but we have heard whispers that
Mike could be taking on a more behind-the-scenes executive producer
type role and Wil Wheaton, who is currently in LA for E3, may be
stepping in as Steve's lovely co-host. Wouldn't that be exciting...
THE GALAXY ALLIANCE CRUMBLES
Based on our expert analysis of past alliances, we though this vote
would be pretty straightforward, with the Voltron Power5 voting off one
of the Merit Badgers (James or Willow). Imagine our surprise when we
heard the results! The numbers clearly show that the alliance has
completely broken down. Not only that, but the votes resulted in a TIE!
The final count was this:
3 votes for Willow
3 votes for Lois
1 vote for Mimi
We did our usual daily regiment of UB related internet investigation
and came upon a surprisingly revealing comment made by contestant Mimi.
If what she says is true, and we think it is, this is what happened:
Mimi, Lyova and Ritchey voted for Willow.
Medya, James and Willow voted for Lois.
Lois voted for Mimi
"all politics. funny but depressing in a way...." says Mimi.
Maybe so, Mimi, but it makes for great tv.
STEVE GOES ALL D&D ON US
(double tie ---> double psych)
The usual tiebreaker (of looking back to previous elimination votes
received) was not enough to decisively eliminate either Willow or Lois,
so Steve had to consult the Official Rule Book™for further guidance.
What to do in the case of a double-tie... Steve then tried to convince
us that the Mystical Blogging Dice would make the decision, and he
managed to completely shock us by sending James' picture through the
shredder. James must have had a heart attack. By the second roll of the
dice, however, we had caught on to Steve's devious ways, so seeing
Lyova get shredded wasn't as painful as it could have been.
In any case, the hosts determined that nobody will be eliminated in
this round, but instead two bloggers will go next time. We wonder what
will happen if there is another double tie. Could there be some kind of
sudden death blogging competition?
Also, how will the alliances shake-up change things for our players?
Will there be retaliation for betrayals? Are there new bonds being
formed as we type?
We at the UHUBUGGG would love to be privy to the insider wheelings and
dealings that must be going on right now. In fact, one player even
offered to give us all the juicy details of the inside scoop, but at a
very high price, of course. Well, unnamed contestant, we like how you
operate, but we say no deal. No deal unless you can seriously sweeten
it up... iPod shuffle anyone?
THE QUESTION MARK? CHALLENGE
One commenter, our friend Flint who invited us to hang out with him in
San Francisco, had this to say:
the way in which this newest challenge was communicated was my favorite
yet. i applaud you steve, jona, and mike. brilliant, brilliant
challenge. effing rad.
We agree. You should all watch the video.
http://www.urbanhonking.com/ultimateblogger/archives/2005/05/challenge_06_qu.html
Flint also shared this wonderfully appropriate (Simon Critchley?) quote
with us:
". . . with the steadfast refusal to mean something the task of
interpretation consists in the concrete reconstruction of the meaning
of this meaninglessness. That is, making a meaning out of the refusal
of meaning that the work performs, or conceptually communicating that
which refuses conceptuality and communication." -- critchely.
That quote elicited this comment from eliminated blogger, Joel: Flint,
I know you are, but what am I?
We have a feeling our other bloggers will go a little deeper. We can't
wait to see what they come up with.
I WOULD RATHER DRINK A WHOLE CASE OF PABST IN ONE SITTING THAN DRINK A
SINGLE SIP OF RED BULL
James threw down the gauntlet with his quick response to the question
mark challenge. His entry is about a strange news story in Taiwan about
a mystery man placing poisoned energy drink bottles back on store
shelves. Five people drank the stuff and became very ill (one has since
died). Stranger still, the bottles actually had labels on them saying
"poison, don't drink."
For a mystery challenge, James gave us a mystery crime. There has been
intense discussion on the comments of this post with Lyova and James
dissecting the evils of thoughtless consumer culture. Definitely worth
reading.
MORE LURKERS THAN WE EVER IMAGINED
According to behind-the-camera UB guru Jona, site traffic has reached
staggering heights, with over 6000 unique visits per day!!! As he says,
"We're totally trashing this server with all of the bandwidth..." Who
knew trashing this server could be so fun.
That's the news of the day. Life is good.
UH "The Bug" UBUGGG